City office near nuclear complex briefs residents on restart plan

Officials of the Yawatahama city office in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, hold a meeting with residents on Aug. 6, 2015, to brief them on a plan to restart Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s No. 3 nuclear reactor at its power plant in the adjacent town of Ikata. The Nuclear Regulation Authority gave the go-ahead for the resumption of the idled reactor in July. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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